%eadnotat; ]> 5025cadb An Inventory of the Richard Tapper Cadbury Papers, 1799-1924 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Before 1967 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Richard Tapper Cadbury Papers, 1799-1924 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Before 1967 Descriptive Summary Papers, 1799-1924 RG 5/025 Richard Tapper Cadbury (1853-1929) 6 boxes; 3 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Richard Tapper Cadbury (1853-1929) was a Quaker businessman, teacher, writer, and art connoisseur. His mother's brother, Earl Shinn, Jr., (1838-1886) was a well-known art critic. The collection contains correspondence and memorabilia of the Cadbury, Comfort, Haines, and Shinn families. The letters give a detailed picture of life in Philadelphia Quaker families of the mid 19th century, and of the hardships of those who participated in the California gold rush.

Repository:

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Richard Tapper Cadbury was born on October 11, 1853, in Philadelphia, the son of Richard and Lydia Shinn Cadbury. He graduated from Haverford College in 1868 and received an M.A. from Harvard in 1878. Cadbury was a teacher, writer, businessman, and art connoisseur; as a child, he was very much influenced by his uncle (his mother's brother), Earl Shinn, Jr., art critic for The Nation. Among his various employments were serving as superintendent for the Deaf and Dumb Institute of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and as a trust officer at Provident Life and Trust Company. He also lectured on art topics.

Richard Tapper Cadbury was married to Helen Nathans on August 28, 1884, and the couple lived in Haverford, PA, where Helen ran a school for small children. The couple had four children: Richard Cadbury (1885-1926) who donated the papers; Helen (1886-1974); Earl Shinn (1888-1970); and Leah Tapper (1892-). Richard Tapper Cadbury died October 29, 1929.

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

The collection contains correspondence and memorabilia of the Cadbury, Comfort, Haines, and Shinn families. The correspondence provides a detailed picture of life in Philadelphia Quaker families of the mid 19th century, and of the hardships of those who participated in the California gold rush. Also includes the journal of Richard Tapper Cadbury while he was a student at Haverford College, and the correspondence of Cadbury's uncle, Earl Shinn Jr., who often used pseudonym “Edward Strahan” and was an art critic for the Nation with artists with well-known artists of his day.

Earl Shinn Jr. corresponded with the following artists: Thomas Eakins, Howard Roberts, William Chase, John Sartain, Carroll Backwith, B.C.Champney, and William T. Richards, Howard Nelmick, A.Quartley. Possible correspondents: R. Swain Gifford, Edward L. Scull, F.A.Bridgman, William Walton, R. Sturgis, P.F.Rothermel, G.W.H.Boughton, Henry Bacon, Jas. Hamilton, and R. Wylie.

Artists with whom Shinn was acquainted in the Tile Club (or otherwise) include: Hopkinson Smith, Abbey, Reinhart, Walter Paris, O'Donovan, Laffan, Baird, Harry Bispham, Weber, Winslow Homer, Kenyon Cox, Roger Haydock, S.J.Ferris, John Yaber, Bradford, Heaton, T.B.Read, D.R.Knight, Humphrey Moore, and George Wood.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into three series:

Genealogical and biographical Writing by Richard T. Cadbury and others Correspondence ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Richard Cadbury, 1951

Gift of Richard Cadbury, the son of Richard Tapper Cadbury.

Access

Access to Earl Shinn correspondence is through microfilm. Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Richard Tapper Cadbury Papers, RG5/025, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

The following material has been removed from the collection and recatalogued:

Marriage certificate of David Comfort and Beulah Walton, great- grandparents of Richard T. Cadbury, dated 3-13-1799. See marriage certificate files, FHL Nero, A Tragedy, by Richard Tapper Cadbury, pub. Phila. 1880, under pseud. “Richard Comfort”. See printed copy in F.H.L. BX7617.C18N4 Writ, By Richard Tapper Cadbury, pub. Haverford, 1923. See printed copy in F.H.L. BX7617.C18W9 The Earl Shinn correspondence (Series 3, folders 15, 15a-16) was microfilmed in 1985 by the Smithsonian Institution (Archives of American Art, Philadelphia Project). Copy of microfilm received January, 1987: FHL microfilm MS-C2 Additional forms available. SELECTED SEARCH TERMS. Materials catalogued separately

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Quakers -- Philadelphia (Pa.) Quakers -- Social life and customs Philadelphia -- Social life and customs Quakers - art criticism Haverford College California -- Gold discoveries Cadbury Family. Comfort family. Haines family. Shinn family. Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905. Shinn, Earl, 1838-1886. Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916. Sartain, John, 1808-1897. Chase, William Merritt, 1848-1916. Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907. Cadbury, Richard Tapper, 1853-1929 List of writings by Richard Tapper Cadbury, NOT part of the collection. Essays: “An Attempt to Reconcile Spencer with Kant, in their Ultimate Principles of Knowledge.” “The Greek Comedy in Philadelphia.” “The Influence of Gymnastics on Greek Art.” “The Quaker Dialect.” “Was Seneca's Moral Character in Harmony with his Ethical Philosophy?” Plays

Most of his plays are unittitled.

Poems: “The Bronze Vase.” “Divine Discontent.” “Finger Marks.” “Time's Call.” Untitled poem. Stories: “The Burnt Down Mill.” “Count Esherhazy on Trial.” “Does the Mind Ever Sleep?” “The Elf Man.” “The Fight in Charlie Allan.” “The Football Season of 1912.” “Forespent.” “Homo Omnium Mensura.” “How Far?” “How Two Little Girls Were Seven.” “How Debby Was Seven.” “John.” “Lincoln Enfabled.” “Mag and Sal in Their Leathers.” “The Magic coat.” “My Paruvian Jar.” “Near Dead.” “Pasty's Ghost.” “The Quack Doctor: A Movie.” “Shorty's Latest.” “Time and Space.” “Washington Enfabled.” Untitled Stories. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Ser. 1. Genealogical and biographical material, 1799-1869, n.d. Genealogical chart of Richard Tapper Cadbury's ancestors 1

Includes members of Comfort and Shinn families.

Diary of Richard T. Cadbury 1869 while attending Haverford College 1 Notebook record of “Dutch, Irish, & English People I Have Known,” kept by Richard Cadbury, Jr. 1

Includes address book, including some while at Woodbrooke, about 906

Marriage certificate of David Comfort & Beulah Walton, great-grandparents of Richard T. Cadbury 3-13-1799 1 photostat copy

See marriage certificate files, F.H.L.

Deed of property for Byberry Friends' Meeting House, signed by David Comfort1834 1

David Comfort was the maternal great-grandfather of Richard T. Cadbury. See file of deeds, F.H.L.

Clipping from the Glasgow Gazette, “Valedictory to the Law Class of Glasgow,” by S. W. Comfort, of Glasgow, Ky. 1 Disownment of Rebecca Shinn 1-30-1828 1 Circular regarding taking over of drug store at N.E. corner of Broad & Spruce Sts. Phila., by Thos. H. Montgomery & Samuel Earl Shinn, the latter an uncle of Richard T. Cadbury. 1 Miscellaneous memorabilia of Richard T. Cadbury 1 Ser. 2. Manuscripts, 1858-1923, n.d. Description of Abington Friends Meeting House, author unknown. 1

Written from the viewpoint of a child.

Descriptions of Friends' Select School, Haverford Grammar School Westtown Boarding School, by Earl S. Cadbury 1

Earl was presumably son of Richard T. Cadbury, lived 1888-1970.

Lecture notes on art, including lecture on Leonardo da Vinci, author unknown, probably E. Shinn 2 folders 1 Miscellaneous essays, plays poems, stories 1-2

Includes “An Attempt to Reconcile Spencer with Kant,” & “The Greek Comedy in Philadelphia”, presumably by Richard Tapper Cadbury.

Miscellaneous “essays” by various young people 1858, other dates 2

Includes binder entitled The Young Essayists, in which some of the compositions are dated 1858. Also, “Not Luck, but Work”, by Helen V. Nathans, who later became the wife of Richard T. Cadbury.

Nero, A Tragedy, by Richard Tapper Cadbury1880 2

Pub. Phila. under pseud. “Richard Comfort.” See printed copy in F.H.L. BX7617.C18N4

Illustration for Nero, drawn by Earl Shinn, Jr., uncle of Richard T. Cadbury 2 copies 2 Writ, By Richard Tapper Cadbury1923 2

Pub. Haverford. See printed copy in F.H.L. BX7617.C18W9

Ser. 3. Correspondence, 1818-1924, n.d.

Folders arranged alphabetically by individual, chronologically within each folder

Cadbury, Richard Tapper, rec'd & sent 1880-1924, n.d. 3 Cadbury, Richard, & wife, Lydia Shinn Cadbury, parents of Richard Tapper Cadbury, rec'd & sent 1858-1876 (?), n.d. 3 Comfort, Charles, sent 1838-1865, n.d. 3 Comfort, David, & wife, Beulah Walton Comfort, parents of other Comforts in this series, rec'd & sent 1818-1840 3 Comfort, Edmund, sent 1840-1887 3 Comfort, James, sent 1826-1835, n.d. 3

Includes lines on his death by shipwreck, 2-13-1835, written by a brother.

Comfort, Lydia, rec'd & sent1820-1865, n.d. 3 Comfort, Martha (Patty) sent 1840-1885 3 [Comfort, Richard] rec'd from H.W. Longfellow 1880 9mo 28 4 Comfort, Stephen, sent 1829-1857 4 Comfort, Thornton, wife, Joanna, sent 1827-1880, n.d. 4 Comfort, William, sent 1828-1845, n.d. 4 Haines, Elizabeth Shinn, & husband Henry Haines, sent 1843-1881, n.d. 4

Includes correspondence by Hillborn, Fanny, “adopted daughter” of Elizabeth Haines, sent, 1878-1882, n.d.

Neall, Hannah Lloyd, (Mrs.James), to Earl Shinn, Jr, sent 1857-1869, n.d. 4 Shinn, Earl Sr., & wife Sarah Comfort Shinn, parents of other Shinns in this series, rec'd & sent 1823-1863 5 Shinn, Earl, Jr., sent 1853-1886, n.d.

All of Earl Shinn Jr.'s correspondence is available on microfilm.

Shinn, Earl, Jr., letters, rec'd & sent, of special interest re: art and artists MS-C2 With photocopies Article about Thomas Eakins, publishing two letters from this collection. By Gerald M. Ackermen. 5 Shinn, Earl, Jr., rec'd 1855-1886, n.d. 5 Shinn, James Thornton, sent1866-1867, n.d. 6 Shinn, Rebecca, sent 1866-1878, n.d. 6 Shipley, Anna Shinn husband, Samuel R. Shipley, sent 1850-1887, n.d. 6 Miscellaneous1817-1885, n.d.